Fifth Republic: Presidents
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| President | Lived | from | to | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles de Gaulle | 1890–1970 | 8 January 1959 | 28 April 1969 (resigned) | UNR then UDR |
| Alain Poher | 1909–1996 | 28 April 1969 | 15 June 1969 (interim) | PDM |
| Georges Pompidou | 1911–1974 | 15 June 1969 | 2 April 1974 (died in office) | UDR |
| Alain Poher | 1909–1996 | 2 April 1974 | 19 May 1974 (interim) | PDM |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 1926– | 19 May 1974 | 21 May 1981 | UDF |
| François Mitterrand | 1916–1996 | 21 May 1981 | 17 May 1995 | Socialist |
| Jacques Chirac | 1932– | 17 May 1995 | 16 May 2007 | RPR then UMP |
| Nicolas Sarkozy | 1955– | 16 May 2007 | 15 May 2012 | UMP |
| François Hollande | 1954– | 15 May 2012 | (incumbent) | Socialist |
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“All Presidents start out to run a crusade but after a couple of years they find they are running something less heroic and much more intractable: namely the presidency. The people are well cured by then of election fever, during which they think they are choosing Moses. In the third year, they look on the man as a sinner and a bumbler and begin to poke around for rumours of another Messiah.”
—Alistair Cooke (b. 1908)
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